DESCRIPTION

Rapeseed Oil, Fully Hydrogenated, occurs as a white, waxy solid. It is a mixture of triglycerides. The saturated fatty acids are found in the same proportions that result from the full hydrogenation of fatty acids occurring in natural high-erucic acid rapeseed oil. The rapeseed oil is obtained from Brassica juncea, Brassica napus, and Brassica rapa (Fam. Cruciferae). It is made by hydrogenating high-erucic acid rapeseed oil in the presence of a nickel catalyst at temperatures not exceeding 245°.